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Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-10-20

birch, beech, Eastwood, and fruit trees
(apples, cherries, pears, peaches, plums),
raspberries, gooseberries, dandelion, fire.
weed, clover, fgwort, golden rod, aster
(frostweed), suntiower, sumac, mother
wort, mustard, mignonette, sage, rape,
buckwheat, .bornge, gill over the ground,
locust, teasei, pigeon plum, etc., etc. It
is not necessary TO be surrounded by all
the aforementioned trees and plants, fog
bees are kept at profit, even in villages
and cities. But, of course, the better the
pasturage near the apiary the larger the
yield OF surplus honey. Then write to or
visit some reliable bee-k keeper, the nearer
home the better, get good book on bee
culture, II colony of bees, and subscribe 10
some good bee magazine. With patience
and perseverance, supplemented by COM
mon sense and determination to win,
there is no reason why one should not
make success of the business.
Do not let the fear of bee-sting prevent
you from engaging in n business which you
will find interesting, instructive, and profit.
able. find many people are kept out of
it by this same foolish fear. 4 bee-sting
is not such an awful thing TO endure, even
if you do happen TO get one occasionaiiy,
ling, and little smoke judiciously np-
piled, one may work among bees for years
without being stung.
Many have dread of handling and
hiving natural swarms of bees. With
movable frame hive the bee keeper can
make artificial swarms, thus doing away
with natural swarming; Or, by the use of
a queen-trap, he can hive swarm of bees
without handling them at all. The drone
and the queen-trap combined, an inven-
ton of Massachusetts man, is boon TO
-. -. - ,,,l1,o III
low their bees to swarm naturally. Hiving
swarm of bees with the aid of trap is
such an easy. simple matter that any one
who can place III position on the ground
or stand the empty hive for the Lees to
enter can alone and entirely unaided hive
a swarm. A bee loaded with honey rarely
or ever stings. When swarm is about to
leave the parent colony each bee takes all
the honey she can carry, which readily ex-
plains why a person is SO rarely stung
when hiving natural swarm of BEES
Era Il. Durham, in Torn and Home.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-10-20
THE INSANE ASYLUM.
Gov. Church Makes His isAppointments--I
Nayy RAur.V

Gov. Church Makes His lsAppointments--T
New Board at Work.
The new board, appointed by Gov.
Church, for the asylum at Yankton, has
been sworn in. 1t consists of Col. F. A.
Gale, of Canton; w. L. Quigley, of Par
ker; Robe Cox and NJ. I. WooleY, of Yank-
ton. The rumored appointment of Gross
rs the fifth member, was not made, and it
is thought that Otto Peemiller, of Yank-
ton, will be appointed in his place. After
organizing with F. A. Gale as chairman
and Mr.. Quigley secretary, tie board as-
sumed formal possession of the institution.
The board then signed vouchers for bills
aggregating some $4,000. Many of these
vouchers were the identical papers once in
dorsed by the old board which were re-
turned by Auditor Ward rejected.
1t is the intention of the board
TO Immediately advertise for bids for the
construction of the additional wings, and
the $4,000 are to be expended for the
necessary work. The new Loard has the
administration with them, and will have
the inside row. The cash box of tie ter
ritory is behind them and no contest.
against item can last long. The old board
will doubtless refuse to give possession of
the books, and they say they will imme-
diately have the matter thrown into court.
The new board is unquestionably very
popular. Col. Gale is banker at Canton,
and democrat of territorial prominence.
His appo ntment was an opportune one for
Gov. Church, and the manner in which he
has handled this matter reflects credit upon
himself and the administration. Mr.. Quig-
ley is Parker attorney, shrewd worker
and very popular. The two Yankton gen.
tlemen are well-known business men.
The following resolutions were present.
ed by Trustee Woolley:
Resolved, That the two wings AMI ether
improveme rts contemp ated by chapter 6t
laws o, is 2, be commenced and pushed to
completion with all possib h ste; and in
pursuance tn Ieof be il f,rher
Resolved, That this board INN dately pro-
cure plans and specifications for taid wings
and improve ments.
On motion OF Trustee Cox the resolu-
tions were unanimously adopted. In
pursuance of the foregoing Col. Gale and
Robert Cox were appointed committee 10
secure plsns and specifications Tor such
improvements.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-10-20
An Unfortunate Farmer.

L. j. Bancroft, we'll to-Go farmer re.
siding about seven miles east of Redfeld,
D. T., met with q heavy loss by fire the
other evening. By the dropping of an old
lantern while at work in the stable with the
horses, that structure caught fire and was
entirely consumed, together with its con-,
tents, and lranary containing 1900
bushels of oats and so bushels of wheat
adjoining. The stable also, containing
two good horses. eight head of cattle,
yearllr2s. The barn contained valuable
furniture, stored; a large amount of er-
pensiye farm machinery, twine binder,
wagons and buggies. Bancro. t lost every
thing except about thirty five acres of
corn which had not yet been gathered.
The loss is very heavy, because he had no
insurance. h gh wind prevailed a. the
time, an0 Bancroft was compelled to
stand by and watch the flames.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-10-20
The Enckrcheat Crop.

This crop has fallen into considerable
discredit among farmers of late years, says
writer in the Country Gentleman, al
though it has been proved by actual ex-
perience that buckwheat is one of the most
valuable of grains that can be grown. In
the early history of agriculture in this
country it assumed an importance in the
eyes Of the new settlers that has rarely
been attained and held by any of the
other grains. The principal work of the
farmers then in the spring and fall was to
clear up new land, and get the forest land
in tillable state. The best scavenger
crop that could be discovered was buck
wheat, and as soon as the land thus cleared
of trees and bushes was sufficiently pre-
pared for the reception of seed, kuckwheat
WAS scattered broadcast over it. Little
was expected from this first crop, yet in
addition to keeping down the weeds, and
pulyerizing the earth, small profit was
always realized from field that would
otherwise have remained fallow and worse
than useless. With the growth of agri-
culture in the East, the greater part of the
land was taken up and put in tillable
state, thus dispensing with such crops as
buckwheat, which was considered to be
valuable only when grown on new land,
whore other crops would not flourish.
Gradually buckwheat was grown less
and less by the eastern farmers, and the
idea crept in among even the more intelli-
gent land owners that this crop was fit to
be grown only by the lazy farmers, who
did not wish to exert themselves more than
necessary in cultivating their fields. The
crop was brought into further contempt by
the charge that it injured stock, both
through the straw and the grain, and, on
the whole, it was not profitable invest
ment. This latter charge has been found
to be true only so far as when the grain
was fed almost exclusively to the animals,
and not when mixed up with other fodder.
The grain is an exceedingly nutritious
food for both mankind and animals, and,
as it is highly nitrogenous, it is therefore
we'll fitted for mixing with corn to be
chopped up for food for horses. The fact
that it is lazy mans crop should not de-
ter others from raising it.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-10-20
I,lsects or -4pple Trees.

The Goblin moth, the pest of the apple
orchard, can be successfully destroyed, says
VicEs Magasine, by Swinging the trees
with paris green and water soon after the
blossoms have fallen and when the little
apples, newly formed, are held erect by
their fruit stems, calyx end up. The moth
lays its eggs in the calyx cavity, beginning
even before the flower petals have fallen;
the larvie soon hatch out and begin to cut
their way into the apple. One application
of the poisonous mixture is usually suf-
ticient if given very soon after the blossoms
fall. One pound of paris green to fifty gall
Ions of water is the proper proportion.
The powder will mix better with the water
if first wet up and stirred into a smooth
paste. The liquid can be applied by means
of force pump made for this purpose.
Public opinion should shape itself to re-
gard as q misdemeanor the neglect to
destroy the codin moth in this manner by
any orchardist or by any one having apple
trees in his garden. The apple aphis can
be destroyed by kerosene oil made into an
emulsion and mixed with water, the liquid
thrown on in u fine spray with a force
pump. The materials and implements
should be ready beforehand, for this insect
comes like thief in the night, only not
singly, but in myriads.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-10-20
PERSONAL.

-Go1 Hill, who seems to be in high favor
with the Ohio democrats. has leen invited to
help them with his elcquence in the present
campaign.
Elder John Allen Gano, aged SO years,
died at his home near centerville, Ky. Hs
was ono Of the founders Of the reformed or
Chistian church, which had it's stIrt in this
country nearly sixty years ago
-Chss. Edward, oolcrs,, was hanged at
Clarksville. Ga, for The murder OF wi liam
Eohols last May.
Judge Ellett, Of Me;rphis. dropped dead
After welcoming the pre- ident;al party to tbs.
city. Tho day was warm, aud unit the pres.
Asat had iAft ths stand 1 Was thought thkt
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-10-20
Tue Best Land Ior. Orchards.

If any farmer thinks that nature can be
cheated, and that after cropping land until
it will no louger produce anything it can
then be set to fruit trees and made profit
able, he will find himself greatly mistaken.
We hear sometimes that young orchard is
on too rich soil, that the trees are growing
to wood when they should be bearing fruit.
But wait a few years, and these backward
trees will prove far more valuable and long
lived than those set TO bearing because of
their own stunted growth. If thriftily
growing orchard does not bear as it sh culd,
dose it pretty heavily with some mineral
fertilizer, phosphate or potash, or if these
cannot be obtained, give the trees a good
dressing OF salt 1t is very possible that
soils full of vegetable matter, and therefore
abounding in carbonaceous and nitrogen
GUS elements of plant food, may be lacking
in the mineral elements. Nitrogen or am-
monia would stimulate leaf growth unduly,
while there might not be the required food
to make fruit,
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-10-20

SENATOR SPooNER, of Wisconsin, who
has just returned from Europe, says
"The entire French nation thinks only
of revenge on Germany, and dreams of
nothing but recapturing Alsace and
Lorraine. Boulanger has lost his posi-
tion of the popular idol through too
much aamboyancy. He made himself
laughing-stock almost before he
reached the pinnacle of popular idol
The Germans are as full of the war
spirit as the French, and collision is
inevitable in the near future.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-10-20

facture, sell, tarter or give away liquors IN
yiols zion of said law, and Tor tho punishment
o, the owners. The ques ion presented by
the case is whistler, waere citizen purchases
and improves property for certain business,
subsequent 10 the aot of the legislature, CAN'T
prohibi or regulate the use of that properly
for purpose for which it was designed, with
out compensation. The decision OF tue Uni
ted States G rcuit court was in favor of the
hraworo I'D.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-10-20

One of the advantages in mixing paris
green with gypsum for use on potato
plants is that the work can be done at odd
spells, when other business is not hurry
ing. It is a good job for rainy day in
spring, taking care to keep the poisoned
plaster where nothing can get at it and
where it will not become damp. One
pound of poison is enough for one hun
dred and fifty pounds OF the gypsum,
which in bulk is about a bushel and half.
If used in water, paris green can only be
mixed as ready for use.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-10-20
Co,rs Thin IN Ficsh,

A COW poor when she drops her calf in
the spring is never brought up to her best
while being milked. With the richest feed
she may gain in flesh. but it Will soon be
at the expense of her milk yield. 1t is far
more satisfactory to have the COW in the
first flow of milk in good condition, when
her Weld NAV be stimulated by succulent
food, without reducing her flesh too much.
A really good COW will lose flesh rather
than gain it while in full flow of milk.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-10-20
LIVESTOCK NOTES.
Good Food for Young Calves.


Some interesting results of experiments
in feeding calves are recorded in report of
the Munster England) Agricultural and
Dairy School. just issued. The foods tried
were as follows, the quantities named
being given daily: l. Eight quarts of
skinned milk. 2. Ten quarts of separated
milk. 3. A mixture prepared by pouring
eight quarts of boiling water on one quart
of linseed meal and one and one third
quarts of bean meal, covered up for twenty
four hours, and then boiled with more
water, enough of which was added to pro.
vide eight quarts for each calf. 4. A feed
ing meal sold at 21 shilings per hundred
weight, mixed with water-quantity not
stated. Two calves were put on each kind
of food, and, after they were month old
each had little hay. The experiment
lasted from the Goth of May till the 9th
of August. The average daily increase in
live weight in the different lots was 1.6
pounds for No. l, LII pounds for No. 9,
1.65 pounds for No. 8, and 65 pounds for
No. 4. The cost per pound of increase
was respectively, in the same order of lots,
29 pence, 3 pence, 1.55 pence, and ZIG.
The mixture of bean meal and linseed
meal, therefore, gave the best increase at
the least cost per pound. Another expert
ment was that of testing the quality of
butter produced from given quantity of
milk after extracting the cream with the
Danish separator, as compared with the
quantities obtained after skimming milk
which had been allowed to stand for vari-
GUS periods. The averages of forty-three
trials showed that, from quantity of milk
yielding 100 pounds of butter with the use
of the separator, skimming after twenty
four hours yielded SO pounds, after thirty
six hours 66 pounds, after forty-two hours
70 pOundS and nfter fifty-fonr honra Tf
pounds. These trials, extending from jan
uary TO July, were made ut various tenn
peratures. Only in a few instances was
the percentage in favor of the separator
Jess than Is per cent. when the proper
sneed WAS maintained
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-10-20
BEE-KEEPING.
A rron,able Oceunation for Iyo,,.

In May, 1883, visited practical bee
keeper, spent few hours with him, and
purchased one colony. Previous TO the
summer of 1885 sold three colonies of
bees and had six left. Last summer my
Six colonies increased to eighteen, besides
500 worth Of surplus honey. Now, l
weuld like to say few words to other
would-be beginners who want bees and
yet dread to make beginning, or else do
not know how to begin.
First, study up the Hora Of ycur locality.
LEARN ii there are willows, alders, naples,
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-10-20
Sphinx C.unty,s New Court House.

Sphinx county's (Dakota) new court
house was formally accepted by the
board Of county commissioners, and
the county officers have moved into
their new quarters. The difficulties be-
tween the contractors and the sub-con..
tractors have been satisfactorily arranged
with the commissioners. The structure "
a fine one, conmoious brick. and cost
altogether about S12,00l.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-10-20
A Fallen Woman.

The aesthetic society of Fargo. D. T.,
is oil broke up. A few days ago gam
bier named Sutter and Mrs. John Haas
were arrested, charged with resor,ing to
rooms for purposes of prostitution. They
were held under $500 bonds. Mrs. Haas
was formerly resident of Winona, and
was sporting woman know as Maud
s.. She Was married four years ago. pro-
fessed conversion last winter, 10 ned the
church, and it was supposed was living
virtuous life. Her husband is said to
have caught the two in bed. and the affair
makes quite sensation in Fargo
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-10-20

GEN. LoNGsTREEr is living quietly at
Gainesville, Ga, writing a book on the
war. AS he finishes chapter he sends
the manuscript to Washington to have
all dates and figures verified from the
official records. The General says :
II expect both sides to pitch into me,
and am taking time to be certain OF
all my statements. Gen. Longstreet's
publishers do not care to have him say
very much concerning his book, but it
is understood that the volume will Gre
ate much discussion and will be espe-
cially interesting to those who under
stand the technical details of the sci
ence of war"
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-10-20

The Conservatives of England have
lately been greatly shocked by Glad
stones approval of the tunnel project
to connect that country with France.
Ever since Napoleon's time England
has been sensitive about the dangers of
French invasion, and this prejudice
against tunnel is only one evidence Of
a morbid feeling that cannot be rea-
soned out, as it has never been reasoned
into the public. A force of fifty men
on either the English or French side
could guard either country against in
vasion from the other; but frightened
people do not regard facts as obvious
as this. The commercial advant ages
of tunnel would be important to both
countries, and Mr.. Gladstone does we'll
to make his appeal to the sober sense
of the people. The Conservatives can
not we'll be madder at him than they
are now, and in attacking their preju-
dices on a new side he obliges them to
take up a new line of thought that may
compel some to come in harmony with
himself. The fear of the tunnel is not
more baseless than the fear Of home
rule; but some may have one without
the other, and as the habit of reasoning
rightly grows by use, it will in time be
extended far beyond its original be-
ginnings. 1t is in this way that truth
finally overcomes the most obstinate
prejudices The man is appealed to on
some side where he is not guarded, and
when his confidence is gained he may
be easily diverted in an entirely oppo.
site direction from that he first intended
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-10-20
HusBAADRY AND HOUSEWIFERY.
Matters OF interest Relating
to Farm and Household
Management.
information for the PIowman, Stock.
man, Poulterer, Nurseryman,
and Housewife.
FARM MATTERS.
EYltnu uahlts of ..,ctan.

The hog is often filthy, but it is because
he has little chance to be otherwise. II
he has any place aside frem his feeding
pen to void the excrement, not n particle
Of his own filth will be found near his
trough or bed. Young pigs learn this
lesson of cleanliness as soon MS they begin
to eat other food then they get from their
dam. Before that time they void lndls-
criminately, often around the trough,
greatly to the sow's annoyance.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-10-20
FRUIT RAISING.
cons,ii,,nnt, of Er,.its.

Fruit is SO largely water that its solid
constituents are often overlook. The ash
left from burning its dry substance is rich
in potash, and some kinds, especially pears
and grapes, abound in phosphoric acid.
These plant foods seem especially neces-
sary in developing the seed, without which
the fruit will not grow. These mineral
manures are therefore needed for all bear
ing trees or vines, and most of all for the
pear tree and the grape vine.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-10-20

The weight of your signature may be
ascertained by means of those delicate
scales made for delicate tests in assay
ing. They are adjusted to milli-
grammes, and are so sensitive and so
fine that an eyelash can be correctly
weighed on them. You can write your
name on o slip of paper with lead
pencil and then find out how much your
signature weighs. The weights are
the mere atoms of aluminium, not half
30 large as the head OF a pin. The ma
chine is 80 delicate that little dust
blown in from the street might affect
its workings, and it has to be carefully
cleaned after each exposure. 1t is
made of aluminium, platinum, and the
finest tempered steel. It costs as much
as its weight in gold.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-10-20

The Albuquerque On. Nj Citizen
records the courage and presence Of
mind Of lady Of that place. While in
her garden picking berries she felt
something bite her on the neck just be-
low the ear. She quickly put her
hand up to the place, when centipede
ssrlsd itself around her foreAnger. She
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-10-20

A QUAINT old locomotive has just
been assigned to duty by the Illinois
Central Railroad Company on the
LeRoy and West Lebanon Line. 1t
has one pair of drive wheels an. t"
truck wheels, making only four wheels
all told under the curious little ma
chine. 1t weighs, with the tender and
nll equipments, less than ten tons.
Twenty-Five years ago it was stored
away at Dubuque as useless, but the
present rush of business has created a
necessity for again pressing it into tho
service. Some of the old-timers in
railroading may remember it as the
aVixann
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-10-20

IT is reported that Edison is working
upon an invention for the conveyance
of electrical messages from ship to ship
at sea, using the sea itself as the me-
dium of transmission. Sounds may be
transmitted through the sea to great
distance, and the invention proposed is
based upon that fact. Each ship is to
be fitted with IN instrument analogous
to the ear of living animal-a sub
marine telephone, in fact, and it is be-
ieved that this will be more sensitive
to sound waves transmitted through the
sen than are the ears of the sailors to
similar waves in the air.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-10-20

The statistician at Washington has
his figures on the present population of
the United States disputed. He con-
cludes that our population on June 80
last was 59,s93,000. BY the census of
1880 the population was then 50, 152,-
ssG. Now, during the decade begin
ming with 1870, the natural increase of
population by reproduction is known to
have been 22.7S per cent, or at the av-
erage rate of 2.2S per cent. year.
Even on the principle that the ratio of
natural increase is decreasing, as, in
point of fact. it probably is, it would
still seem safe to place the ratio during
the present decade as high as 81 per
cent. or 81 per cent. eoch year. At
this rate the increase for the past seven
years would he 1871, All. Meanwhile,
without counting the immigrants from
Canada during the past two years, the
gain from immigration has been $685.
0O2. These figures, added to the pop
ulation of 1880, give q present total of
61,31s,3S9. Even if the annual increase
is considered as only per cent. the
population would be million moro
than the actuary's estimate. 1t is safe
to say, therefore, that our population
is at present more than 6O,0OO,OO0. It
ic in any event growing SO rapidly that
there is no need of low class of for
eign accessions.